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  • 9th AF/AFCENT expansion project begins

    A bevy of dignitaries grabbed shovels Feb. 28 here to start construction of an addition to the U.S. Air Forces Central and 9th Air Force Headquarters facility, Building 1130.The two-story addition will add 49,880 square feet to the existing building. The project is estimated to cost $14.4 million

  • Red Flag: Defending the sky from the ground

    On an abandoned air strip miles from civilization, a group of nearly 80 Soldiers from 1-7 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 108th Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C. perform a mission that is critical to Operation Red Flag 11-3."Our mission is to provide air defense for geopolitical assets and friendly forces

  • Third Army making final preparations for Shaw move

    A relocation expo designed to educate Soldiers and family members moving to the Shaw area is scheduled for March 4 at Fort McPherson, Ga., at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. In addition, an open house will also be held here on March 18. Community representatives from chambers of commerce, municipal governments

  • Air Force has new weapon in fight against Spice

    Air Force officials began drug testing Airmen Feb. 22 to determine whether they are using Spice -- the street term for a range of designer synthetic-cannabinoid products. With the implementation of testing, officials intend to send a very clear message: use Spice, and you may lose your career, end

  • 20th LRS earns 2010 ACC Daedalian award

    The 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron was recently named the Air Combat Command's 2010 Daedalian winner. The Daedalian award, also known as the Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award, was first presented in 1962 and is presented to the squadron that achieves the best supply

  • Red Flag: Team Shaw participating in mock battle

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Team Shaw Airmen are participating in one of the largest tactical air training exercises in years as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 11-3, Feb. 21 to March 11.Red Flag is a combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. It takes

  • Adjustments put F-35 on track, program director says

    The Defense Department's joint strike fighter program is on track to field the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II in fiscal 2016, the program's director said Feb. 15.In remarks to the National Aeronautics Association, Navy Vice Adm. David Venlet said that although changes made to the program in

  • Three Shaw children receive surprise visitor

    Three children from Shaw Air Force Base received a surprise visitor at Kingsbury Elementary School here Feb. 16, 2011.Shawn Gippe, age 5, and his sister Jessica, age 2, waited outside the school with their father, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Gippe, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, when the surprise

  • Movie star speaks at Shaw event

    Hundreds gathered for the National Prayer Luncheon at the Carolina Skies club here Feb. 9, 2011.Ken Bevel, an active duty Marine captain and actor in the feature film "Fireproof," which was released in 2008 and shown in theaters across the country, was the key speaker. His topic was "How God Answers